tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650649138973583402.post7745502090201903308..comments2023-09-20T07:28:27.572-05:00Comments on Linux in Exile: Gnome Shell extensionsJim Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11598443864678006773noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650649138973583402.post-77967650480244916252011-08-05T09:39:52.995-05:002011-08-05T09:39:52.995-05:00Gnome3 - at first - I was quite upset, but now tha...Gnome3 - at first - I was quite upset, but now that I've used it for a couple of months, it's growing on me... it still has some quirkiness that I'm sure will be addresses over time... I just loaded an extension that I love.. it hides the top bar... So as I said, over time, I'm sure more and more extensions will come along that will address most of the "quirky" things about gnome3/gnome-shell that folks are not all the pleased with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650649138973583402.post-71405754056056702262011-07-22T19:06:08.507-05:002011-07-22T19:06:08.507-05:00I'm a big fan of Linux Mint myself (see my blo...I'm a big fan of Linux Mint myself (see my blog), but honestly I was not upset with the GNOME Shell. I'm actually interested to see what Mint will do with GNOME 3...my trial of Fedora 15 was much less aggravating than the one I did of Ubuntu 11.04 (which I never bothered to review). That was the first time in years that I actually tried Fedora for more than a couple of days. I was impressed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650649138973583402.post-52922156092467951532011-07-22T18:05:27.415-05:002011-07-22T18:05:27.415-05:00I've been using Banshee for a while now, both ...I've been using Banshee for a while now, both here at work on fedora and at home on ubuntu. I think it has a better interface than rhythmbox, which is certainly an excellent player in its own right.<br /><br />But like you, I don't see much use for the mediaplayers extension so I don't use it.BruceHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13573856289974966062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650649138973583402.post-58736616908590146302011-07-21T19:21:25.342-05:002011-07-21T19:21:25.342-05:00I haven't tried the gnome-shell-extensions-pla...I haven't tried the gnome-shell-extensions-places-menu addon, so too bad to hear this crashes for you. I've tried some other others, though, and really like them.<br /><br />The gnome-shell-extension-theme-selector makes it <em>really</em> easy to add new themes to Gnome. I'll write a blog post about that soon, with some of the themes I'm giving a go. Gnome 3 themes are done in CSS files, which makes it easy enough that I might try making a custom theme for myself. Already, I've tweaked one theme that I liked a lot, except for the transparent panel.<br /><br />I liked gnome-shell-extension-mediaplayers for a while, but these days I use Rhythmbox to listen to Internet radio, so media controls in the panel didn't make a lot of sense for me. I uninstalled it after a day.<br /><br />gnome-shell-extensions-alternate-tab was good at first, but I think I prefer grouping windows by application, rather than switching <em>windows</em> only. Grouping by application seems to make more sense to me.<br /><br />I liked Gnome 3 before, but these addons are a nice touch.JHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05264061238864151815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650649138973583402.post-22453498607319699302011-07-21T12:56:20.842-05:002011-07-21T12:56:20.842-05:00gnome-shell-extensions-places-menu doesn't wor...gnome-shell-extensions-places-menu doesn't work for me. It crashes gnome-shell and makes the desktop unusable. Install these one at a time, then restart gnome shell (gnome-shell --replace). You may have to drop to a native terminal to remove it, or restart X and log into the gnome classic desktop, then remove the problem extension.BruceHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13573856289974966062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650649138973583402.post-90889844716402323062011-07-20T19:59:12.691-05:002011-07-20T19:59:12.691-05:00I don't usually do this, but this is my time t...I don't usually do this, but this is my time to shine as a Linux Mint shill, so please forgive me. :D If you've noticed, Linux Mint has been avoiding GNOME 3 for as long as possible; that's one reason why I like it. Plus, the Xfce edition can easily be made to look and act like GNOME 2.X (Linux Mint style), and this is facilitated by the developers' own decisions as well as decisions like porting the famous Linux Mint Menu to Xfce. Yay!<br />Or if you really want to stick with Fedora, I would recommend Fuduntu. It's basically the Linux Mint of Fedora, and that is high praise.<br />--<br />a Linux Mint user since 2009 May 1PVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03204919785416600206noreply@blogger.com